One of those moment where you see it happening before it happens. The door creeps shut as if in super slow motion. You should be able to stop it, but all you can do is take it all in. And watch your hard earned cash fritter away before your very eyes.
The door is shut. You are outside. Your keys are inside. Oh joy!
After a good half hour of mourning and another half hour of calling every locksmith I could find in Dublin, with prices ranging from €135 in one place, to €95 +VAT in another, I got through to McCoys and agreed on their €70 charge.
They were on the scene within a pretty reasonable time frame, they were really nice to deal with, and it took them (depressingly) all of about 1.3 seconds to open the door.
Would definitely recommend.
Oh - and they do a discount if you need to use their services again after the first time... here's hoping not! read more